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6. How successful was Reconstruction?

In 1865 a triumphant federal government faced the problem of "reconstruction" - of making peace and restoring the Confederate states to the Union. However, this was to prove very problematic; it created direct conflict between the President and Congress and historians still debate as to whether Reconstruction can be seen as a success or a failure.There is a graded student exemplar on Reconstruction here

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